Reclaiming The Don
An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley
by Jennifer L. Bonnell
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Pub Date Sep 09 2014 | Archive Date Sep 16 2014
Description
The Don Valley is routinely overlooked in accounts of
Toronto’s development. Jennifer L. Bonnell’s new book Reclaiming The Don unearths
a lost chapter in the story of the city’s relationship with its natural
environment; from the founding of York in the 1790s to the construction of the
Don Valley Parkway during the 1960s and up to the present day.
For the past two
centuries, the Don has served as both a sink for waste and a site for numerous
improvement schemes. Bonnell chronicles how successive generations of Toronto
residents have imagined Don Valley as an opportunity, an eyesore and a refuge.
Reclaiming The Don provides a fascinating account of how a small river can shape the growth of a big city which will resonate urban thinkers across North America.
Jennifer
L. Bonnell, PhD, is an L. R. Wilson Assistant Professor at the
Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University.
Advance Praise
Jennifer Bonnell's
Reclaiming the Don shows how this
unruly valley, but paradoxical sliver of paradise, has been geographically and
culturally central to the history of Toronto. In these pages nature and the
city become tangled up together as Toronto and the Don define one another
across two centuries.”
H.V. Nelles, Department of History, McMaster University
“Written in clear and elegant prose, Reclaiming the Don is thoroughly researched and brilliantly conceived. Bonnell moves beyond a riverine focus to encompass the valley as a whole and explores links between land use issues and riverine change in an effective, even startling way.”
Matthew Evenden, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
“In this winding exploration of the Don’s history, Bonnell has provided a lively narrative that restores to the valley its place, literal and metaphorical, in the history of Canada’s leading city.”
Arn Keeling, Department of Geography, Memorial University
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Author Showcase at Word On The Street, Toronto, September 21,2014
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Author Showcase at Word On The Street, Toronto, September 21,2014
Review Mailing
Media Interviews
Journals
Conferences
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781442612259 |
| PRICE | CA$29.95 (CAD) |
